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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1959)
Aboard toirm rarteir vsu usvuu u uu Airplane Splits Apart MILAN, Italy (UPI) A Trans World Airlines jctstream Constel lation bound for Chicago with LA ERVER 262nd Issue 63rd. Year LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1959 Price 5 Cents GRANDE m n mi NEW WALKWAY Connecting the second floor of the main building to the first floor of the old Central building, this walkway enables an increasing number of stu dents to attend their classes in the older building without facing the congested lower hall that has previously been the closest access to the building, i Junior High Improvements Designed To Raise' Rates BY VIRGINIA ANDERSON Observer Staff Writtr ' In an effort to bring the Junior High school up to "standard" con dition, a vast mount of improve ments are underway. The state Board of Education rates schools in one of four catc- - gories. Beginning at the top, they are standard, standard with ad vice, conditionally standard, and sub-standard. All schools in the district with the exception of Greenwood and the Junior high have maintained a "standard" rat Ing. These ratings are given out by the supervisors of the Board of Education. A new Greenwood school is being planned, and the majority of summer repairs arc being concentrated around Junior high buildings. thet Probably the most noticeable Improvement to passcrsby is the construction of the covered walk way. Supported by steel gcrders, the walkways is approximately 10 feet wide, and connects the main floor of the old Central build ing with the second floor of the r ain building. Corrugated plas tic panels will be used to let in the light. Although work was started be fore school was out, it is being delayed since the men have been waiting two mbnths for the plas tic paneling. 1 Half of a class room was used t' make a hall leading to the walkway. The unused half of the classroom was combined with another small classroom to make Rodeo Arena Readied For Junior Events With a rebuilt track, new rails and fences and the construction of new rest rooms, the Elgin Stampcders have spent a lot of time this spring on their rodeo grounds. According to Jess Ben nett, chairman, everything will be ready for the Junior Rodeo tomorrow and Sunday. Betty Trump is receiving en tries from junior contestants from Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Among those expected arc Ambers Thornburg, Terre bonne, Ore., who won the all round cowboy at the Hells Can yon Junior Rodeo at Halfway, and Jim Walker, Durkcc, who l as won a number of all-around titles at junior shows, including School Election Due Here Monday Elections concerning the pro posed school administrative dis trict reorganizatm has been sot for Monday. July 20. Polls will bo open from 2 In 8 p.m. for all eligible voters. Under tho new plan, two ad ministrative districts would be formed in the county. District No. R-2 would comprise the dis tricts now in La Grande, Union. Island City, Imbler, Cove, Ladd Canyon, Elgin, Fruitdalc, Telo caset, Aliccl, Starkey and Palmer Junction; District No. R 3 would include the present existing districts in North Powder elementary and joint Union high and Muddy Creek elementary. it ii ii one large standard classroom, Both rooms were formerly clas sified as sub-standard. It was real ly an "advantage to get rid of the small rooms' I commented Lylc Riggs, district school superinten dent. New flooring across the ramp and the main floor of the old Cen tral building will also be layed The reason behind the con struction of the walkway is a fairly simple oner With the rise of the student population, more students than ever will be requir ed to commute from the Junior high building to the old Central building for classes. The con gestion in the hall below the gym Hhn nnlu nlncA rmttA in thn nlHnt building) demands another access to the old building. Another major Improvement will be made with the re-sodding of the football field used by both the Junior high and high school in the Fall fcr sports and during the good weather throughout the year for physical education Clas ses. There arc six extra men includ ing painters besides the regular trow of 14 on hand to get the school in top shape before the opening day this Fall. Along -with the other improve ments, they arc doing a great deal of painting both inside and out side. 175 gallons of rubber base paint will be used on the inside of both buildings. On the outside, both ramps between the old ag riculture and home economics tho all-around title twice at John Day. Also in the junior division will be Kathleen Norton, winner last year of the state all-around cow girl title. She was all-round cowgirl at Halfway and also last year at Elgin. Runner-up last year for all-round cowgirl at Kigin was Maureen Beck, Imbler, and she will also be in the competition this year. A dance is scheduled for Sat urday night and a cowboy break fast will be featured before the redeo begins in the afternoon. There will be a parade Sunday at lu a.m. Many local junior cowboys and cowgirls came back from the Hells Canyon Junior Rodeo at Halfway with prize money and belt buckles. Winners arc Jim Beck, Imbler, second in calf riding; Joe Sallcc, Elgin, tide for second in calf roping, first in the junior quarter mile race, and fourth In calf riding; Butch Stephens, Un ion, third in bulldogging; Eddie Miller, Union, won day money as first in calf roping on Saturday, Bill Tsiatsos, La Grande, won day money in bulldogging 0n Satur day. He was first in the senior quarter mile race and second in calf roping. Western Clothes Urged The Chamber of Commerce urges all merchants and people working down town to wear west ern clothes Saturday during the Centennial year. it .. .. - building are getting a fresh coat of silver gray paint as well as most of the wood trim including the windows and doors. Workmen are repairing and building, where necessary, new screens U cover the windows on the first floor of the Junior .High building around the physical ed ucation rooms where the windows need extra protection. , An effort will be made to re model several rooms in both buildings, and they hope to paint all the rooms in the eld (VntraJ bulldlrt! Plus several "In , the main building. All the old wood flooring in the study hall has been rcmov ed and new flooring will be lay ed. Plans have also been made to move the library from its room adjacent to the study hall into the studv hall itself. This en largement of the library would give it the capacity to hold enough students to fill two regu larly sized classrooms, ine oia library would then be converted intn a classroom. A general overhaul and repair treatment is being given tne iock crs where students keep their books and coats. This will be the first time in several years that thev have been given an over- ell check-up. Of course, they arc given minor repairs every year. Although these lockers are quite old and badlv in need or repair, they are definitely worth the time spent on them since new lockers would cost $14 per cnua. This year's summer improve ments have been concentrated in the Junior High school, and the crew which includes the regular ianitors and maintenance men have been tackling bigger jobs than usual so the school will meet the state standards. Of course, all the schools have been Betting a general face- washing. The general clean-up is a routine part of we summer work, and it includes scrubbing all the floors, revarnishing gym doors, and waxing a!! the floors. II HARD AT WCMJK By kick-off time for the first football game this fall, the junior high school field will be sporting a new turf. iTiese men from left, Smith Henderson, Jim Robinson, and Don May, are re-sodding the field. - , Gov. Fires DISTRICT JUDGE RULES NO, CASE AGAINST EARL COVINGTON, La. (UPI) Gov. Earl K. Long got himseli released from a mental hospital today by firing the two men who ran the hospital. ' The case to keep Long in the Southeastern Louisiana men tal Hospital was quickly dropped and District Judge Robert D. Jones freed Long. An aide-said Long was going to a hotel. Long sat quietly holding an unlighted cigarette while Attorney General Jack (jremiinun joined a motion of Long's lawyers to drop the commitment order which put Long into the hospital eight days ago. Judge Jones then said there was no case Long was free. Spectators jamming the swelter ing courtroom, actually a junior high school gymnasium, broke in to thunderous applause. Long leaped up and waved his hands triumphantly above h i s head. There .was no doubt that he was once more in control of the slate. He personally signed the papers that fired Jesse Bankston, state director of hospitals, and Dr. Charles Belcher, superintendent of the hospital where he had been held. Since May 30. Long had been in three hospitals. His wife, who fled Louisiana, had him drugged, tied to a stretcher and flown to John Scaly Hospital in Galveston, Tex. He got out of John Sealy in a little more than two weeks by promising to enter Ochsner Foun dation Clinic in New Orleans if he wer.Curcbao ..... -i. .. . He was, and he kept his promise for less than 24 hours. He left the hospital and roared to Baton Rouge June 18 in a state police squad car to take over. Legal Separation His wife anticipated his move, beat him to Baton Rouge, the state capital, naa commitment papers made out and a crew waiting to take Long to the hospital. To prevent his wife from filing commitment papers against him again. Long sued Thursday for le gal separation from her. The hearing, when it finally started, lasted less than five min utes. As soon as Long climbed into the waiting black limousine, the driver slammed the door and it roared away. Doctors who examined Long just before the was rushed off to the hospital at Mandeville said he was a schizophrenic paranoiac. Long appeared today to have lost about 40 pounds; he normally weighs about 200. He has eaten little at the hospital because, his lawyer said, he was afraid his food might have been poisoned. "It was the only course I could take," Judge Jones said. "The suit has been withdrawn and new heads of the hospital department appointed, who released him. "He doesn't look well at all, does he. I was surprised." The state hospital board, meet ing before the hearing started in Jones' court, resolved to fire Bankston and Dr. Belcher Its res olution was read in court. Long R Hospital Steel Boss Refuses To Negotiate NEW YORK (UPI) 'David J McDonald, president of the steel workers union, today rofuscd to hold further negotiations with an industry-wide team. He asked the 12 major steel company heads in volved in the nationwide strike threat to meet with him tonight. McDonald described a two hour session with the industry's main negotiators this morning as a "far cical filibuster." He said the industry had no of fer to make to the union, whose contract expires at midnight June 30. McDonald sent a (plegram to the chief executives of the main steel ' producers warning that "time is running out" and calling for a meeting with him tonight to produce-' a' settlements ? I lie Ul lYlULHIIIillU s leicgi uin ( "Time is running oiit. Soon steel furnaces will have to be banked. I propose that we jointly make a I asteffort to settle our differ ences. To this end I invite you, the chief executive officers of the 12 companies, to meet with mo to night for the purpose of reaching agreement, f await your reply." Shortly before McDonald spoke to newsmen, R. Conrad Cooper, the industry's chief negotiator, said the union bargaining team refused an offer to resume discus sions this afternoon. "Is this a breakoff in the talks?" Cooper was asked. "It seems like it at the moment," Cooper said. Cooper said the industry is ready to meet with the steel ne gotiators at any moment. He said he suggested another meeting this afternoon but the union negotiators refused. cooper, executive vice presi dent of u. s. Steel, said earlier that the union's rejection of the industry's truce proposal made the union responsible for any en suing strike. WEATHER Variable cloudiness with occasional clearing periods through Saturday; a few af ternoon showers in moun tains; low tonight 45-50; high Saturday 63-68. egains Control; uthorities JORDYCE TAMERIS Stampede Queen Candidate Elgin Queen Candidate Has Many And Varied Interests BY VIRGINIA ANDERSON Observer Staff Writer With a sprinkling of freckles across her nose, dark hair and brown eyes. Jordyce Tameris Is one M Eight's two Candidate for Queen of tho Elgin Stampede, July 25-26. " Jordyce who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgridge Tameris is 16 and will be a junior at Elgin high school this Fall. Rather indefinite about her fu ture plans, Jordyce said that she hoped to attend Oregon State Col lege alter graduation from .high school. She spends most of her summers helping her father on his ranch northeast of Elgin. When asked about her school interests, Jordyce came up with a long list of activities that in clude pep club, pep club drill team, FHA, drama club, Husky Track staff, the high school annual; FARM SECTION BEGINS TODAY A special supplement, "Val ley Farm Ranch Heme," de voted to news for the farmer, rancher, and homemaker is in cluded In today's Observer. In keeping- with the Ob server's policy of expanded local news coverage, the sec tion will be a regular Friday feature. Latest developments in equip ment, homemaking tips, and special feature stories on val ley residents will be illustrated with local pictures. HIGH UP High atop a ladder, Jack Piper, principal of Riveria grade school, adds a fresh coat of paint to the ramps connecting the main junior high school building with the agriculture and home economics section of the school. Husky Howl staff, which is the high school newspaper where she serves as a reporter. She was also elected secretary of her class In both her freshman and sophomore years, and she acts as head ma jorctte for fho high school band. She said that she believes that her favorite subject in school is Eng lish. Both of the candidate's parents are Stampcders, but Jordyce said that to be nominated for the queen candidacy a girl's parents did not have to belong to the riding club She said that the main rules were that the girls must be 16 and un married. Jordyce said about the coming Stampede that, "I'd like to invite everyone to be sure and come. I m sure you 11 enjoy the show. During the Stampede, she will bo riding a horse named Trixie. Tax Writers Meet For Bill Revision WASHINGTON (UPI) -Senate-House tax writers met behind closed doors today to decide the fate of Senate-approved plans to raise income taxes on big stock investors and repeal the 10 per cent travel tax. The revisions were added by the Senate to a House approved bill to continue for another year high Korean War corporate and excise tax rates. The bill must be signed Into law by midnight Tuesday to avoid treasury revenue loss of about 3 billion dollars. Differences between the House and Senato versions must be re conciled before the legislation can go to the While Houso. probably 68 persons aboard dis integrated in a thunderstorm to night, killing all aboard. "There are no survivors," ' a TWA spokesman said in Rome. First reports indicated that the jctstream airliner was split apart by lightning just moments after taking off from Milan for Paris and then nonstop to Chicago. 1 TWA spokesmen said the plane carried 59 passengers, "proba bly" three TWA officials and a crew of nine. It was the worst civil aviation disaster of the year. It topped the death toll in the Feb. 2 New York crash of a Lockheed EIcc tra, flying from Chicago to New York's La Guardia airport, in which 65 were killed. ', - A TWA spokesman in London said the plane that crashed today near Milan was the first accident since 1949 in TWA's international service. TWA in New York said the plane on flight 891, the one that crashed near Milan, was a Lock heed 1649A Super-Constellation. "Jet-stream" is a trade name which TWA uses for its four en gine Super-Constellations. The New York TWA office said flight 891 is a combined first class and tourist trip from Athens to Paris, and it is a com bined first class and economy flight from Paris to Chicago. The TWA spokesman in New York said the plane's schedule called for it to leave Athens at 12:15 p.m. today, arrive at Rome at 2:05 p.m., leave Rome at 2:50 p.m., arrive at Milan at 4:30 p. m., leave Milan at 5:05 p.m., ar rive at Paris at 7 p.m., leave Paris at 8 p.m., and arrive at Chicago at 6:40 a.m. Saturday. All times are local. Farm Bureau ' Changes Told Possible changes and additions in the structure of Farm Bureau in Oregon were heard in Island City last night when two men representing the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation appeared be fore the Union county group. A resume of Farm Bureau ac tivities as it stands today was given by Lester Van Blokland, regional director for the OFBP director, presenting the expansion report as drawn by a five-man committee after studying other state farm bureaus. A goal for every county Farm Bureau to sponsor a county office was given as an aid in carrying out the expanded program. These would be maintained as a head quarters for insurance business as well as routine activities and corrcspondance. Here would re volve bargaining, marketing and product promotion for local farmers coordinated with a step ped up program on research coming from other county farm bureaus through the state office. Other services to be offered farm bureau members would 'in clude a three man ficldman pro gram to aid the various counties in program development. Re search work would be done on ttxes, marketing and legislation. "Setting the Pace for Oregon Agriculture" is the tile given to the -study which was presented with the aid of charts and show ing tho cost of the expanded ser vices. County Farm Bureau j Sets Date For Picnic ' Date for the Union County Farm Bureau picnic has been set for July 12 according to Mrs. Ralph Robinson, county women's chair man. This has been scheduled for 1 p.m. with the place to be the same as last year, the Cove Ascension Grounds. t Plans call for another outstand ing day with a program including the Fair Maids and special enter tainment, j Two Hubcaps Stolen : - Two subcaps were stolen from a car belonging to Jesse Schaures, 605 Fourth St., sometime Wednes day night, according to the police. The Fiesta Flippers were valued at $20. Reed Makes Honor Roll ! Hanford Reed, Elgin, should have been included with the honor roll students at EOC. Reed ob tained a 3.5 grade point average for Spring term.